Trade Supervisor - Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC)

Metro South Health Service; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Metro South Health Service is seeking a Trade Supervisor – Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) to lead frontline maintenance for hospital facilities in Brisbane. You will supervise tradespeople, apprentices, and contractors delivering planned and corrective maintenance and oversee essential fire protection infrastructure to ensure safety and compliance.

You will coordinate internal staff and external contractors, manage assets and maintenance records, and drive efficient, compliant

Qualifications

• Certificate III in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration with a Queensland Restricted Electrical Licence.
• Experience supervising trade teams and coordinating internal staff and external contractors.
• Ability to plan, prioritise work and manage resources efficiently.
• Strong communication and stakeholder relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise and provide technical direction to tradespeople, apprentices, trades assistants and contractors delivering planned and corrective maintenance.
• Oversee HVAC systems and essential fire protection infrastructure, ensuring maintenance activities meet relevant legislation, standards and safety requirements.
• Coordinate contractor performance, maintenance schedules, resources and operational activities to deliver safe, timely and cost-effective services.
• Manage asset registers, maintenance records, and risk controls to maintain compliance and operational integrity.

Skills

Team leadership

Contractor coordination

Maintenance planning

Safety compliance

Communication

Education

Certificate III in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

Restricted Electrical Licence (Queensland)

Job description

As the Trade Supervisor – Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC), you will lead and coordinate frontline maintenance services that keep Metro South Health's hospital facilities safe, compliant and operational.

In this role, you will:

• Lead, supervise and provide technical direction to tradespeople, apprentices, trades assistants and contractors delivering planned and corrective maintenance.
• Oversee HVAC systems and essential fire protection infrastructure, ensuring maintenance activities meet relevant legislation, standards and safety requirements.
• Coordinate contractor performance, maintenance schedules, resources and operational activities to deliver safe, timely and cost-effective services.
• Manage asset registers, maintenance records, and risk controls to maintain compliance and operational integrity.

About you

You are an experienced HVAC professional who combines strong technical knowledge with the ability to lead teams, coordinate complex maintenance activities and build productive relationships.

• You hold a Certificate III in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, together with a Restricted Electrical Licence recognised in Queensland or a recognised equivalent, and can provide evidence of these qualifications.
• You have experience supervising trade teams and coordinating internal staff and external contractors to deliver maintenance services effectively.
• You can plan and prioritise work, manage resources efficiently and maintain high standards of service quality, accuracy and compliance.
• You have well-developed communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to build effective relationships with staff, contractors and stakeholders across a complex organisation.

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.